Chris Masters CBE

Biography

Joined the board of Crown Agents "in 2005. He holds a number of other non-executive directorships, including the Energy Assets Group, Speedy Hire plc, Alliance Trust plc and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He is also Chairman of the Festival Theatres City Trust in Edinburgh. He was previously chief executive of Christian Salvesen plc, executive chair of Aggreko plc and chair of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, the Babtie Group and the Scottish Media Group and non-executive director of the John Wood Group plc. An industrial chemist by training, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews, Strathclyde and Dundee Abertay."